Dunhill: Cumberland (4901) (2022) Tobacco Pipe

The "01" from Dunhill's venerated shape-chart is an archetypal straight Apple that exudes classic English charm. The bowl is supple and plump, the walls gently bowing outward as they rise to the trim rim. However, this particular "01" features a short shank and stubby, tapering stem, making this piece a muscular Nosewarmer that measures in at less than four inches in length. Furthermore, this "01" is rendered in Group 4 size and is dressed in Dunhill's Cumberland sandblast.

When Alfred Dunhill released his patented Shell Briar, he forever changed the pipe-smoking world at large. Dunhill has often been credited with being the first to offer sandblasted pipes (arguably the most popular finish today), and the Cumberland finish further displayed Dunhill's innovative spirit. Well received after its release in 1979, the Cumberland series was named for the English marque's warehouse on Cumberland road, and the line's signature, brindled vulcanite stem became so iconic, the warmly striated material is now referred to simply as "cumberland."